BJP is splitting parties to secure two-thirds Lok Sabha majority, end reservations, alleges Congress

The Congress on Wednesday alleged that Union Home Minister Amit Shah was “breaking” the Trinamool Congress and the Shiv Sena to secure a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha, PTI reported. The “real and ultimate target” of this was to amend the Constitution and end reservation, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh told the news agency in an interview.

Both the Trinamool Congress and the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray-led Shiv Sena have faced defections and internal rebellions in recent weeks.

On June 14, TMC leader Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar said that 20 of the party’s Lok Sabha MPs will merge with the Tripura-based Nationalist Citizens’ Party and back the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance.

On Monday, six MPs from the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) switched to the rival faction of the party led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, which is part of the NDA. The defections increased the Shinde faction’s tally in the Lok Sabha to 13.

On Wednesday, Ramesh alleged that Shah was taking “revenge for the humiliation he was forced to suffer” after a proposed constitutional amendment bill to redraw the boundaries of electoral constituencies was defeated in Parliament in April.

The 2026 Constitution 131st Amendment Bill, one of three draft legislations, required a two-thirds majority of votes in Parliament to pass. The ruling National Democratic...

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